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  • Väderstad

    Väderstad

    A beautiful day with clear blue sky, we visited Väderstad, a family owned company that manufactures agricultural machinery in both seeding technology and tillage. We met Magnus Karlsson, working with maintenance and purchase who gave us a guided tour through the company's nice plant in Väderstad, Sweden.

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  • Skistar - Sälen

    Skistar - Safe on the slopes with remote-controlled ski lifts

    SkiStar owns and operates the alpine destinations Sälen, Åre and Vemdalen in Sweden along with Hemsedal and Trysil in Norway. In Sälen and the Tandådalen ski area, two of their ski lifts are now equipped with remote control from Åkerströms.

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  • Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold

    Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold

    The Grasberg mine, in Papua, Indonesia, located at an altitude of 4100 m amsl, is regarded as the world’s largest gold mine and has been open-pit mined for decades. Starting in 2016, excavation has to be performed underground and Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. is now investing extensively in new infrastructure to manage the transition.

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  • GMJ Equipment Pty Ltd

    GMJ Equipment Pty Ltd

    GMJ Equipment is a leading Australian manufacturer of mobile elevating work platforms. The platforms reach heights of 10-70 meters and come in many different models. GMJ has more than 25 years of experience in the industry and is at the forefront of mobile elevating platform development.

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  • Hammar Maskin

    Hammar Maskin

    Hammar Maskin is the world’s largest manufacturer of mobile self-loading container equipment, known as sideloaders. The sideloaders use the Remotus Mercury control system from Åkerströms Björbo. “Switching to Remotus a year and a half ago simplified our work significantly,” says Christian af Petersens, purchasing manager.

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  • Nimbus Boats

    Nimbus Boats

    It’s full speed ahead for leisure craft production at Nimbus Produktion i Visby AB, a boat builder on the island of Gotland, Sweden. Demand skyrocketed, so boat building in its factory is continuously streamlined to meet production demands. One efficiency effort involved installation of Åkerströms’ remote-control system for overhead cranes.

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  • SSAB Tunnplåt

    SSAB Tunnplåt

    SSAB Tunnplåt’s Borlänge operation has its steel sheet processing under control. The company—a subsidiary of the SSAB Group—processes 30-ton steel sheet rolls/coils with varying properties for purposes such as car, refrigerator, or door manufacturing. So it’s important to keep track of the warehouse’s hundreds of rolls, which must be cut to length and distributed to customers. SAAB Tunnplåt manages the logistics with a wireless network and Åkerströms’ remote-control solutions.

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  • Skycon

    Skycon

    By size, Skycon is a modest company with six employees. Yet it holds 85 percent of the global market—not bad, and its product is unique. Skycon manufactures and sells cleaning equipment systems for cruise ships and ferries.

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  • LKAB

    LKAB

    Anyone who imagines that a mine is a tough environment is ... absolutely right. Robert Larsson is functional manager at LKAB that has facilities in Malmberget and Kiruna in northern Sweden.
    Larsson confirms: “Sure, working underground is often challenging. It’s hot and dirty. Industrial environments like the pelleting plant are both hot and wet. And it can be really cold outside in the winter. Those circumstances place high demands on the machines.”

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